Aileen Cleveland Higgins

Born on December 7, 1882, Aileen Cleveland Higgins was an American writer whose career connected two very different worlds: nursing and children's literature. Library and public-domain records identify her as the author of The Psychology of Nursing, first published in 1921, as well as children's works including Dream Blocks.

Some catalog records also list her as Mrs. John Archibald Sinclair and note that she held a B.A. and was a registered nurse, which fits the professional focus of her nursing work. Public-domain and library sources show that she remained active as a writer across multiple genres, including drama, poetry, and books for younger readers.

She died on January 29, 1966. Today, her work is remembered in part because it preserves an early twentieth-century voice that could be instructive, imaginative, and gently literary at the same time.